Manure-spreader.



T. BRGWN.

MANURE SPHEDER.

APPLICATION man DEC. 29. 1911.

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T. BROWNI MANURE SPM/mm.

APILICATION-FILED DEC. 29,191!A 1913959 i812@ Eateued May 18, 1915.

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@N/Amig T. BROWN.

MANURE SPREADEPd APPLICATIQN ri LED DEC. 29, 9 a 1 @i May S, 1917 4SHEETS -SHEET 3.

T. BROWN.

MANURE PREADER. APPLICATION FILED ofc. 29. |311` Pateme May18, 1915 4SHEETS-SHEET 4.

sra'rs THEOPHILUS BROW'NL-VOF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 MARSEILLESCOMPANY, A

CORPORATION OF IIJLIISTOIS;

\ MANURn-SPREADER. i

Specifies/non of Letters Patent.

` To all whoit t may concern Be itknowfn that I, THEoHILUs' BROWN, acitizenL of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of RockIsland and State of llinois, have invented certain? `new and usefulImprovements in Manure- Spreaders, of which the following is aspecification, .reference being had therein` to'the accompanyingdrawing. I

This invention relates to .improvements in manure distributers of thatkclass of struction of a manure -distributer 'with a reark tures in whicheach is formed of a forward element and a rear element, the forward ele!ment including the front truck and the body part-which holds thematerial to be distri`buted and is provided with meansfor 'supportingthe load and feeding it backward,

and the rear element including the rear ground wheels, connected by athrough axle,

Vand ai rotary distributing mechanism or beater which shreds or tearsparticles from the rear end of the backward moving load mass and raisesthem and throws them rearward to the ground. y

In the drawings, Figure lvis a side elevawheel removed to show thefeeder drivingv mechanism. FigfQ is an elevation of the side oppositethat shown in Fig. 1, the rear wheel beingv removed to show the aprondriving mechanism. ,Fig Sis a rear elevation.

Fig'. 4 is a fragmentaryside elevation with one ground wheel removed toshow the apron driving mechanism and its connectionsvwith the beatershaft..` Fig. 5 is a vertical sec- .tional View on the line 5-5 of Fig.3. Fig.

6 is a horizontal sectional viewn the line 6-',6' of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 isavfragmentary pervspective view yfrom the inside of the body lshowing anend of the beatr and axle. Fig.

' 8 is a side elevation of one of the main supporting brackets 4, and ofa supplemental sill attaching bracket. Fig. 9 is a vertical The machinecomprises the body part, thefront truck element, and the rear` wheel andreel-supporting-and-driving devices, at the rear end of the structure.In many respects .the body part and other parts can be constructedin anyof the now well known ways.l

connected to the rear ends of the side sills 1 and carry bearings 4 inwhich the rear axle 5 1s mounted... The body structure, comprisingthesillsA 1, and the vertical sides il", 1s secured by brackets 4" to therear fra'me element (comprising the brackets f1, the laxle Aconnectionsetc.) and can be detached therefrom, the machine asY an entirety beingsuch that it can beregarded Aas made up/of the body structure and thefront truck,1 on one hand',- and the rear wheels with their axle, thebeater, the beater support and connecting devices, on the other hand.The axle 5 carries at its outer ends the rear ground wheels 5. These areloose thereon and may be provided withratchets 5a of a suitable form soas to be capable of independent rotom ofthe vehicle. vThe beater 11 issecuredto the shaft 10, which latter is mounted in bearings 10l carriedby the uprights or brackets 4 above described. This beater is drivenfrom the axle by means of the sprocket wheel6,the chain 6", the sprocketwheel 7, vthe spur wheel 84 and the spur pinion 9, rigidly secured'tothe shaft 10 of the beater. The sprocket wheel 7 and spur wheel 8 arerigidly fastened together, or formed integral, and rotate ,upon a studshaft 7e-secured within a bushing 8a inthe upper portion of the bracket4 located at the beater driving side of the mechanism.

The mechanism for driving the feeding apron extends from the end of theshaft 10 to the spider shaft 20 upon which the rear. end of the apron ismounted. An eccentric l2 is secured upon the end .of the shaft 10Patented May is, i915. sApplication led December 29, 1'911. Serial No.668,503. i

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.the space between the side walls which latand rotates within aneccentric vstrap comprising the two halves 13 and 13a. The uppervconnection between the two halves of the eccentric strap is made by abolt 12a, while the lower connection is madeby a bolt 14a which alsoserves to connect a pitman 14 to the eccentric strap. 15 is a secondpitman pivotally connected at 15a to, the strap. These pitmen 14 and 15are at their lower ends respectively pivotally connected to radiusl arms18 and 1S which are y mounted upon the shaft 20 at the rear end., ofthe` apron. Each pitman is provided'- with a ratchet dog, one shown at1'6 and the other at 17. These dogs are moved in the" vertical planes ofthe ratchet wheel 19 and impart thereto a step-bystep motion. In thisAconnection it is to be notedthat modiiications may be'made as desired.For example, use may be made of devices for varying the edective throwof the ratchets, such as are shown in myapplication, Serial No. 620,145,filed AprilllOth, 1911. The ratchet wheel 19 may. beK connected directlyto `the apron shaft 20 or with it may be com- 4bined devices, such asshown in my 'aforesaid application, for preventing the' movementofftliei'apron independently yof the feeding movements of the ratchetdogs. vThe shaft 2O isy carried in bearings QOaand the lower end of thebrackets 4. The brackets i carrying the axle, the beater shaft and theintermediate driving devices and the sillbrackets 4b connected/'to theside walls of the body and carrying the rear apron sprocket shaft whenunited provide a rigid unitary structure.' By removin the boltsconnecting the brackets 4 to the sill-brackets 4b and the bolts securingthe upright sides of the body to the bracket 4, the entire rearstructure .comprising the axle and the distributing mechanism may beydisconnected from the body. y'

The apron isv indicated, as-an entirety, by I 22. lAt its forward end itis supported upon a shaft 21. The devices which support' theapronbetween the shafts 20 and. 21 may be of any suitable sort. y

It will be seen that I employ a through axle; that is to say, anaxleextending from side to side of the body and 'directly across terconfine the load. 'The axle serves as a' powerful bracing device forbinding'to-yv Y gether the side parts ofthe vehicle at the reargendandgives thema iirm'support.v vIt s is well known to lthe'makers and theusers of these machines that the' stresses and strains exerted upon therearend of the vehicle body arevery severe 'andrapidly causetheweakening and'j breakage ofthe lighter parts and the destructionl of themechanism as a-whol e. lathe. Patent No. 986Q03issued to me` on the 14thday of -Marchi1911, Iprovide a similar bracing-for` feeding 'apron it`was positioned in the lines by the brackets, the vaxle and the groundthe rear end ofthe vehicle body by means of the axle. But as the axle inthe earlier structure was in a horizontal plane elevated considerablyabover the top surface of the of travel of the rmiddle or upper part ofthe load mass, andy this, when moving backwayd, would impinge uponv andcrowd against the aXle. But in that earlier' structure this difficulty-was overcome by placing i the beater directly on the axle so that thematerial was picked up from the load before it moved backv as far as theaxle and carried over the top of the load and thrown backward t0 theground. nd, in turn,- this 80 placing of the beater on the` axle wasacvcompaniedby the lowering ofthe feeding apron to planes relativelynear the ground. When a low down machine was desired, a superiorstructure was provided, But lin many cases it is desirable to have theapron in higher planes and yet retain the great advantages incident tohaving a straight axle carried across the vehicle at the lineswhere'severe strains and work are experienced. t

In the present construction it will be seen from the drawings that thefeeding apron wheels. In? other words, 'the support and abutment for thebeater is virtually the ground surface, thel forward part of themechanismfl being relieved land also the lighter parts vof the sidesandthe fra-me at the. rearl end. y v i To guard'against any of thefloadIna-A. terial being wrapped aroundA or Acrowded'. under the axle,shieldsor guards are provided. Thus Va tube such as indicated at 23 115 can :becarried around more or less of the axle.' Or-in place lof said tube',-or supple` mental. thereto, useimay be made of an inclinedgude such asshown Aat-24.` p The axisv of the beater being somewhat behindthetransverse vertical planeof the axis of the axle yit is situated insuch way V that `excellent results are secured in respect to the ,beaterfingers engaging with andpicking up the bottom part of the material,forli-'.5 as the bottom par-tof 'the load is at its rear end slightlyturned upward by the guide or shield as it (the load) is propelledback-f' ward by the gapron, said bottom partis exposedsothai theingerscan come under it and readily 4liftand tear the mass into i.

shreds for backward, delivery.

It will 'be understood;that.theabove de. scribed driving connectionsbetweenrthe axle f and beater may be of :any well knownvoi devsiredform, and also that any suitable mechanism for intermittently.connectingtheaxle. to the prime driver (suchl asthe sprocket.`

wheel 6) canv be used.` As showmthere is a v clutch indicated'vatfwhiehis splined vto the axle and adapted to be engagedwith or disengagedfromlthe sprocket-wl1eel 6, The shipping element of; thef clutch,`suchas a lever 26,'pivoted at.27 to' aubraclfretfor.car-l rierheld Abythe vehiclebody, can be moved in Aone directionor the other by al'pulliandy, thrust rod 28 extending to the'front part ofi the machine .whereit,i's connected -to the lever mechanismA 29.1by which Atheoper'atorthrows. into, and .out ofaction thereel and feeding mechanism. 1Theseparts-also can be.

is, as it were,v partially arrested, and per' mitted to be carriedupward and backward` I over the toy-.kof the axleo that the lingers oroperative partsioff theidistributer are permitted te secure anadvantageous hold uponthe rear end parts of the load, and particu-llarlyfon the bottomparts at the rear end.

This arrangement .of parts is to be contra# distinguished from thatfound in earlier machines Wheretheloadvis carried on unbroken lines by.the main..apron directly to thev beater, with the expectationthat thefingers l ofthe latter will engage` with all ofthe parthe material, asan entirety, is made up ofl `zticles. of the load at .the rear end ofthe aprem. Experience shows that much 'of the material is apt to travelquickly over the `rear end of the apron if it is brought to the'`distribute'r without means being present lwhich, while slightly checkingit, Will permit it to pass'overthe'axle, and to the distributer. f' -1In the presentV construction` the" path of V/two portions, one of whichis in low planes near lthe ground, and the yfather of which is vat atangle to the former, the material pass ing over the axle-.whiletraveling along the second portionyof the. path.

lVliat'lclaim is: '1. ln a fertilizer distributer, the combination vofthe body structure, the rear ground wheels, the through axle extendingfrom one ground wheel to the-other, the distrlbuter vmounted on ,an axis.remote from the axle and having its outermost parts arranged to `moveclose to the axle, the movable, bottom in the body 'structure arrangedto have its uppermost moving parts travel in a hori-y zontalv planeapproximately tangential to the lower surface. of the axle, said axleand movable bottom being arranged and related substantially as set forthwhereby they are adapted to have. the material which is moved backwardby the bottom taken upward over the axle and\relatively` to the beater,and v means for causing said material to move upward over the` axle.

2. In afertilizer distributor, thercombinationv ofthe body structure,the real" ground wheels, the through axle extending Arom one groundIwheel vto the other,'the distributer mounted .on an axis above theaxisof `the axle and having itsvr operative parts intersect lines below theplane of the ylast said axis,

theimovable bottom;v in the body structure arranged to have itsduppermostI moving parts travel in a'hifizontal plane approximatelytangential tio.. tlglower surface of the axle, said axle and movablebottom b eing arranged substantially as set forth -wherebythey areadapted to permit the material moved backward by the bottom to be takenover the axleV and downward to the distributer, and means foreausingvthe material to movev over the ax-leas aforesaid, substanti allyas set forth. 7

3. lna fertilizer distributer, the combinationof the,r body structure,the rear ground v wheels, the through axle extending from one ground'wheel to the vother,and having its longitudinal central part lying inthe horizontal planes of the -load .mass contained within the body, thedistributer mounted on an axis above the axle, and the movable boty'tom-in the body structure for supporting the load mass and causing it tomove backwardand over the axle to the distributor, substantially as setforth. v 4e. In a fertilizer distributer, the combinationof the bodystructure, the rear ground wheels,` the through axle extending from oneground wheel to the other, the distributer i mounted on an axis aboveand behind the axle, andthe movable bottom in the body structure'adapted to feed the load mass backward in the horizontal planes of theaxle, substantially as set forth.

5. In "a, fertilizer distributer, the combination of the bodystructure,the apron at the bottom thereof to'support the material and" feed itbackward, the rear ground wheels, the rotary distributer arranged to lneengage 'withthe end parts of the backward v moving -'load mass, thethrough axle extendingffrom one groundlwheel to the other and arrangedabo/e the apron `and intermediately of the apronand distributor, saidparts being arranged substantially as set forth .whereby -the'materialmoved backward by the `apron is permitted to be carried over the axleand to be engaged by the distributer at points near thelaxle andbehindthe vertical plane of its'axis and means for causing the materialto move'upWard-over the axle.

G. In a fertilizer distributer, the-icombination of the body structure,Vthe movable bottom therein .for supporting the material and feeding itbackward, the rear ground wheels, the through axle extending from one ofsaid ground wheels tothe otherand having its longitudinal centralvpartlying in the horizontal planes of the bottom part of the load mass,and the distributor mounted on an axis above the axle and arranged tohave its operative parts rotate across the horizontal planes of the axleandA across the horizontal planes of the'upper part of the load mass,substantially 'as set forth.

7. In a fertilizer distributor, the combination of the body structure,the vi'novable bottom therein'for supporting the material and feeding itbackward, the rear ground. wheels, the through axle vcxtendin g from one--of said ground wheels to the"other and hav ingits longitudinal centralpart lying in the y horizontal planes of the bottoni part of the loadmass,and the d'istrbuter on an axis above the axle and arranged-torotate across the horizontal planes of the top part of the load mass,substantially as set forth.

8. Ina fertilizer distributor, the combinationY of the body structure,the movable bottom in said body for supporting the material and movingit backward, the rear ground wheels, the through axle extending from oneground wheel tothe other and situated above the' movable bottom, and thedistributer mounted on an axis abovethe 40 axle 'and having itsoutermost operative parts arranged to rotate in lines outside, of thevaxle and vto engage with the rear end parts of the load mass and liftand carry them backwlard, substantially as setfforth.

9. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination ofthe bodystructurehaving a longi tudinally movable bottom '-for''supporting"j immediatelyabove "the carrying apron,

means for guiding the material-'of the load to` points above 'the axle,and thedistrilmter rotating in paths outside of the axle and arrangedtoengage"\\'ith they rear end part, ofthe mass and carry itv upward awayfrom the axle and deli-vcr it backward -to the ground, substantially asset forth. v

10. In a fertilizer distributor, the combination of the bodystructure,the-longitudinally'imovable bottom therein-for support ing and 'feedingthe material, 'the"re'ar` ated .above the carrying vapron and the rotarydistributer on an axis above the through axle and means for guidingthe'material of the load on lines extending over the axle as saidmaterial is moved backward.

11. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of the body structure,means for supporting and feeding the material backward in the rvehicle,the rear'ground Wheels, the through axle passing across the vehicle fromone ground wheel to the other and situated Vabove the means for-feedingthe material g backward, the rotary distributer rotating in lines abovethe axle and means supplemental to the distributor for passing-thematerial of the load upward and over the axletoward the distributer. f12. In a fertilizendistributer, the combination of the body structure,therear ground wheels, the through axle extending from one.85 groundwheel to the other, the distributer having-its outermost operative partsarranged to move close to the axle, the movable bottom in the bodystructure arranged of the body structure, the distributer mount# ed onthe said brackets on an axis above the axle and the movable bottom inthe' body structure for supporting the load mass and feeding it backwardoverd the axle to the distributer.

v 14, In a fertilizer distributer, thenbinationl of a load carryinglbody, athrough rear axle nearthe rear endogtheubodv, a movable bottomsuspended along ,a dist aii`c`e\=-N in front ofthe axle and having itstop sur- 11G face belowthe top ofthe axle, and a distributer above andat the rear of said axle. 15. In a fertilizer distributer, the combi-Vnation of the load carrying body, the mov-l able bottom thereinforsupporting the load* 11.5 andfeeding it rearward, the through axlelying in' the horizontalplanesof the load' mass, the rear ground Wheels'carriedby the,

axle, the distributor mounted upon an axis' remote from 'the axle, and'means inde- .120. pendent of the distributer'for elevating the y' loadmass over the said.aXlef. 7

1G. AIn a `fertilizer distribfut4 er, fv the com- L bination of the loadcarryingv body structure, the movable'bottom therein for sup-,f 12,5r

porting.. material and feeding it rearward, the sidesills carrying thebody fstructure,

ythe through axle positioned above 'the' said' ground wheels,the-through axle;extend'ing'4 -65 from one groundwlieel to the other andsitusills, therolary distributer mounted on an faxis remote'4 from andat the rear of the 180 axle,` and means for guiding the material of theload on lines extending over the axle as said material is movedbackward.

17. In a fertilizer distributer,the combination of the load carryingbody, the movable bottom therein for supporting the load and feeding itrearward, the side' sills supporting the load carrying body, the throughaxle positioned above and carried by the side sills, the rear groundwheels carried by the axle, the distributor mounted upon an axis remotefrom andaat the rearv of the axle, and means for elevating the load masssaid axle.

18. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of a vehicle body, astrengthening through axle near the rear end thereof, a load receivingchamber in the front part of the vehicle extending to horizontal planesbelow the top of the axle, a bottom support for the load arranged toprovide a vertically broken path forfthe bottom surface parts of theload whereby the bottom pa'rt of the load first travels backward onlines intersecting the axle, andethen on lines extending upward. andover the axle, and a rotary distributer in the rear part of the vehicle.

19. In a fertilizer distributor, the combination of a vehicle bodyhaving a forward load receiving body with a relatively low ,loadsupporting bottom, athrough axle arranged in horizontal planes asdescribed, whereby the bottom part of the load first 4travels directlytoward the axle, a load support in the vertical planes of the axle over.

-which the load travels upward and backward from-the aforesaid forwardpart of .the load receptacle, and a rotary distributer in the rear ofthe vehicle. Y.

20. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of a vehicle havinginits forward part a load receiving chamber with a relatively low loadsupport, a through axle in horizontal planes above the planes of thebottom support in the front load receiving chamber and situated to havethe load moving backward from the said front receiving chamber moveV onlines directly toward the axle, a rotary distributer in the rear part ofthe Vehicle, and means .supplemental to the distributer for causing theload to travel upward and back'ward around the axle and out of contacttherewith.

2l. In a Ufertilizer distributer, the combination of a vehicle withtheload receiving chamber in its forward art, Aa rotary distributer inthe rear end 0 the vehicle, means over thehorizontal for verticallysupporting the load and carrying it backward to the distributer along abroken path having a front portionwhere the load travels on linesrelatively near the ground and a rear portion at an angle to theaforesaid portion along which rear portion of thepath the load travelson lines higher than the axle as it approaches the distributer. 1 22. Inavfertilizer distributer, the combi nation of a vehicle having a loadreceiving chanber, a distributer in the rear end of the vehicle, athrough axle in front of the vertical plane of the distributer axis,and' means for vertically supporting the load and guiding it to. travelfirst on lines intersecting the axle, then on lines inclined uplwardthereto, and then backward to the eater.

23. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of a vehicle with afront load carrying chamber, a'through axle, a distributor near the rearpart of the vehicle in a vertical" plane behind thatof the axis of theaxle,

means for vertically supporting and feed- 4front load carrying chamberand advancing it rearward in a relatively low plane to transverse linesnear the axle, a feeding means extending upward from the first mentionedfeeding means to carry the load up and across the axle, and means forpreventy ing the load from coming in contact with the axle.

25. In a manure spreader, a rear axle,'a body suspended therefrom, abottom structure forsaid body, a portion of said bottom beingsupportedin a plane below the axis of said rear axle and in frontthereof, and a portion supported so as to overlie said rear axle, saidbottom structure-being, as an en- -IOC tirety, arranged to feedand-guide the inaterial 'backward and upward over the axle. In testimonywhereof I aliix my signature', in'presence of two witnesses.

TI-IEOPHILUS BROWN. A Witnesses: i

FLOYD It. Toni), W. B. lVICFALIN.v

It isfhereby*` certified Lettersl Patent 1,139,452,- grrnted'Mey 18,1915;

upon the application of lheophilusl Brown, of Moline, Illinois, for animprovement in Manure-Spreaders, errorsppear in the printedvspecification requiring correction as follows: .Page 3, linepforlille/Word ntermittently" rend"vzzfermzftngl same page, line 3l, afterthe. Word load. insert the wvordMatem'aZ; same page1 lineI 57, for theword vat, second oocu-rrenee, reed an; samepuge, line 128,'eflter-theword und"` insert the article-Ure; andtliat tine said LettersPatentvShouli/be/ux-d with these correctionstheren same nifty conform totin-'.81A plfeloc'ill in the Patent Oliee. s l Y l 1 ISignedand'eealedgtliis Gthduy of July,-A i

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